I love anthologies because I can read a story, put the book down to go swim in the sea, and then come back and read another story while I dry in the sun. Each tale is a world all unto itself. If you have a jam-packed summer ahead, it’s a great book to add to…
Category: Encouragement for Writers
Encouragement for new and seasoned writers of all types
How Did It Start For You?
An author in my writer’s circle posed a deep-dive question: Why Do You Write? This question has been asked of me before, though not often. This time, I realized that my answer didn’t really tell the whole story. My father was in publishing and an amazing story teller. Years before I discovered Mark Twain and…
One Tiny Brave Step
I had a lot of fun writing a short story that went in unexpected directions. With good feedback from my beta readers I made some of their suggested corrections, found a fitting publication, uploaded the piece and hit “send.” And then, I forgot about it. Life continued. I wrote books and networked over many mugs…
Celebrate your victories.
It wasn’t until I published my first book, and my husband sent flowers to my job, that I realized I hadn’t been celebrating my achievements. Reaching a goal, especially a major milestone should be a momentous occasion, to pause and rejoice. After all, while many authors publish books every day, many more would-be authors do…
Light Your Goals on Fire
How do you plan to achieve your current goals? Have you made a list of your current goals? Do you know what your current goals are? So many of us are able to keep plates spinning in our minds where they take up brain space and energy to keep them there. I liken this to…
Paying attention to people around you
Whatever you’re working on, keep going. I talk a lot about showing up to the page. It’s kind of like a train going from station to station. It runs a course, stays on track, gets to destinations. Of course, sometimes they get derailed and so do we. But if you don’t show up, you…
Juli Ocean 